New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Allison Busby 08 Jan-March

File Updated: 30/03/2008

New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Allison Busby JAN-MARCH 08

James Anderson The Affair Of The Mutilated Mink Coat (Burford Family Mysteries 2) Published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080701

Rose Beecham Place of Exile Bold Strokes Books Ł11.99 ISBN: 1933110988 no Sheriff's detective Jude Devine thought she'd left her past in Washington D.C., but when reclusive millionaire Fabian is found murdered in Paradox Valley, and a photograph of Jude's missing brother Ben is among his possessions, Jude finally has a chance to solve the mystery that has stalked her since childhood. A place like the Four Corners is the perfect exile for people escaping from something or someone. But when that someone is yourself, the problem with running away is that you bring your worst enemy with you.Sandy "Lonewolf" Lane, a former paratrooper Jude suspects of being a domestic terrorist, has called the Four Corners home since the suicide of her lover, whose son was killed in Iraq. She's planning to kill the Vice-President, and her determination to carry our her mission, and Jude's to stop her, draws the two women into a lethal game of cat and mouse. All of this is quite a distraction from Jude's love life, which is probably just as well, since it's not going the way she was hoping. Jude is in a dilemma when Dr. Mercy Westmoreland's wife, actress Elspeth Harwood, is away shooting a movie and Mercy feels like company.

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Michael Bond Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080272

Having delivered a particularly stirring speech at his recently deceased colleague's funeral, Monsieur Pamplemousse is more than a little disturbed when the coffin explodes into flames during the ceremony. Luckily, his faithful hound Pommes Frites gives out a warning cry just in time, so there are not casualties. But, who exactly is behind this explosion - and what was the actual cause of his late co-workers demise? This latest in their wild romps find the entertaining duo meeting a CIA agent masquerading as a celebrity chef with a penchant for Krispy Kremes, causing chaos at a prestigious hotel, and experimenting with a dog translator. With delectable wit, sharp dialogue and a marvellous sense of timing, this latest in the adventures of M Pamplemousse and his beloved hound, will have you chuckling out loud and crying out for more.

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Elizabeth Corley Innocent Blood Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł10.99 ISBN: 0749080620

Major Jeremy Maidment, former service man and pillar of the community, only wants to help when his neighbour Mrs Pennysmith is robbed by local con man Luke Chalfont. Appealing to DI Bob Cooper, Maidment is on a mission to help police trap the subject. But the arrest goes rapidly awry when Chalfont threatens Bob with a knife and Maidment's 'shoot first, ask questions later' policy lands him in deep water. With a suspect near death and Maidment's possession of an unlicensed gun raising questions it's time for the Sussex force to draft in their Secret Weapon, Sergeant Nightingale; young, dynamic and determined to find answers...DCI Andrew Fenwick is also up against a tough case.The Choir Boy investigation, a project outside of ordinary police jurisdiction, aims to expose an infamous and increasingly powerful paedophile ring. The pressure is on as Fenwick's refusal to play by the rules means the prospect of new assistant commissioner Harper-Brown taking the case from him looms heavily. Moreover, with thirteen-year-old school boy Sam Bowyers missing, every second counts. But is the investigation more complex than it initially seems? And could something buried alongside a child's corpse, twenty-five years ago, hold the key? As tension mounts between the two cases, a question comes to light: Is innocence in the eye of the beholder?

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Judith Cutler Chinese Takeout Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 074908104X

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See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

Josie Welford S
It's morning service in a quiet village church. Josie Welford, wealthy widow of one of the country's most wanted criminals and now licensee of the White Hart gastro-pub, is day-dreaming during Father Tim Martin's sermon. Suddenly, the peace is shattered when a filthy Chinese youth flings himself into the church and demands sanctuary. Should the Church accede to the request for protection that no longer has legal standing? Or should it hand Tang over to the authorities? Josie supports Tim's decision to protect Tang, but not all the congregation agree, taking their grievances to the Church hierarchy. But, Josie's friend and long-term lodger, the Food Standards Agency inspector Nick Thomas, fears for the boy's life. Tang is almost certainly an illegal immigrant whose gang-masters would rather have dead than able to betray them. It's not long before the media are involved, the subsequent publicity bringing fatal results, not just to the priest and the refugee, but to St. Jude's itself. At last the police are interested, but their investigations are strangely slow. Mysteriously, Nick is called away to work in London. So, the indomitable Josie takes the investigation into her own hands, assisted by no less a personage than the rural dean, Andy Braithwaite, who is alternately entranced and repelled by Josie's methods. In a breath-taking climax, Josie summons long forgotten skills to run the master criminals to earth and prevent a hideous execution.

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Judith Cutler Cold Pursuit Pbk published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080728

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When a colleague becomes seriously ill, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has to delay her impending retirement to oversee an investigation into a recent spate of 'happy-slappings' and minor assaults in the Kent area. Initially, she takes a back seat in the case, but it is not long before she is once again perilously close to the action. The wave of assaults has ignited a media furore and Fran is concerned that an unnecessary atmosphere of mass hysteria is being generated in the area. She soon finds herself having to spend as much time trying to control the media as trying to catch the criminals. However, the local reporter that initially broke the story, Dilly Pound, may have personal reasons for taking such an avid interest in the case. Soon Fran, still in the throes of middle-aged love with Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner, becomes a crime victim herself, and she is left to wonder why Jill Tanner, the DCI working with her on the case, shows signs of violence. What is it that's stalling her enquiry? As the crimes gradually escalate and the line between happy-slapping and serious sexual assault becomes blurred, all mention of retirement is postponed until Fran can resolve the nightmare that has developed around her.

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Judith Cutler Still Waters Published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080582

One cold, wet evening in an otherwise unusually dry April, a man falls from the fifth floor window of a hotel in Hythe. Did he jump or was he pushed? Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is already struggling to juggle her work and private life: she is having difficulties finding a company willing to restore her and her boyfriend's new home and has to put Mark up in her own cottage whilst the work is completed. And now, why did this man jump from a hotel balcony when he had a perfectly good balcony at home? A glitch with the water system and her boyfriend's troublesome daughter add more problems to Fran's lot. Can she find the time to discover what it is that appears not quite right about Alec Minton's death?

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David Donachie A Flag Of Truce Published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080825

John Pearce comes back from Corsica demanding that Captain Barclay of HMS Brilliant, the man who originally pressed him and his fellow Pelicans into the Navy, be tried at home by a civilian court. Against the background of the ongoing siege of Toulon and with the Revolutionary Army massing to attack, no-one in authority sees this as a good time to accede to his requests.Barclay's patron Admiral Hotham contrives a way out of the dilemma. He staffs the ship Pearce captured in Corsica with members of the Revolutionary Navy refusing to serve under the Bourbon flag and gives it to Henry Digby, with Pearce and his Pelicans under him, so that they may transport the renegade French sailors to an Atlantic port and set them free.Whilst Pearce is gone Hotham fixes a court martial where Barclay is found innocent for lack of evidence, a ruse that leads to an open breach with his wife Emily. Pearce eventually returns to the siege having survived conflict on both land and water only to find Barclay acquitted and exempt from further trial under the law of double jeopardy.
Despite clear warnings not to do so he begins a romance with Emily Barclay, but mayhem surrounds the evacuation of Toulon and the revolutionary forces, including Napoleon Bonaparte, are closing in to retake the port...

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Marjorie Eccles Last Nocturne Published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080795

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Joyce Holms Missing Link. Fizz & Buchanan Mystery, No. 9. Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080817

Always in search of a good story, Fizz Fitzgerald finds it hard to hide her impatience when elderly Mrs Sullivan is shown into her office. Genteel and motherly, Mrs Sullivan can only spell one thing: boredom. Fizz is more than shocked, therefore, when Mrs Sullivan asks Fizz to help prove her guilty of murder...Could this story be too good to be true?Fizz is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery and ropes in long-suffering partner-in-crime Tam Buchanan. However, Buchanan, ever the gentleman, is reluctant to accept an old lady's money on a case that can only prove to be a waste of time. But is it? This new case for dynamic detective duo Fizz and Buchanan is as puzzling as ever. For starters, why is Mrs Sullivan so keen to be accused of murder? Secondly, who exactly was Amanda Montrose, the murder victim: Lady of the Manor; beneficent Scottish gentlewoman; or, in Mrs Sullivan's own words, a 'scruffy little slut'? With at least three people claiming to be Amanda's killer, it seems there is a lot more to the Montrose murder than first meets the eye.

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Marshall Karp The Rabbit Factory Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0749080574

Welcome to Lamaar Studios. Once a small animation house, it has grown into an entertainment conglomerate encompassing movies, television, music, video games, and a sprawling theme park called Familyland. When an actor portraying Familyland's beloved mascot, Rambunctious Rabbit, is brutally murdered on park grounds, Lamaar executives fear that their idyllic public image will be shattered. Feeling pressure from the studio, LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs must conduct their investigation while avoiding the public eye. But as more murders are committed, Lomax and Biggs uncover a sinister plot. Someone has a vendetta against Lamaar, a vendetta worth killing for. With the media closing in and political pressure mounting, the partners must race to discover the Lamaar-hating madman before he brings the family entertainment giant to its knees. Bringing a fresh duo of cops to the thriller set, "The Rabbit Factory" is both suspenseful and satiric; a taut mystery wrapped in sharp, comedic prose.

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Alanna Knight Destroying Angel Published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080426

The autumn of 1897 began well, but within days Rose McQuinn lost two precious things - her fiance, Jack Macmerry, and her elusive dog, Thane. Her stubborn refusal to give up her job as Lady Detective cost her the man whose love she had taken for granted. A police sergeant couldn't be expected to have a female sleuth for a wife, and so he found comfort in the arms of a more accommodating woman. And now it seems that Thane's real owners have been found. But when Rose tries to return the hound to the Staines family she is called upon to discover the identity of a blackmailer and thief. The family's tragic past colours Rose's search for the truth and plunges her into ever more dangerous waters. Just who can she trust in this isolated haven, and what type of life will she be returning to when she finally leaves?

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Deryn Lake Death and the Cornish Fiddler Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749081937

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Set in Spring 1765. The mysterious figure of a seemingly omnipresent blind musician intrigues John Rawlings, whilst the case of a missing child alarms him. He feels he must do all in his powers to attempt to rescue the young life.

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Deryn Lake Death in Hellfire Published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080760

When John Rawlings is asked to investigate a secret club and some shady goings-on, he is intrigued. The disreputable Sir Francis Dashwood is believed to be involved, as well as some illustrious members of the British aristocracy. In disguise and accompanied by the ungainly Sam Swann, John befriends Sir Dashwood and gains access to his home and family, including someone from John's past, someone whose exceptional beauty still hypnotises him. However, evil lurks in hidden corners of Sir Dashwood's opulent home and there seems to be a sinister element behind the infamous Hellfire Club's debaucheries. Is John putting himself and Sam in danger by trying to find out the truth

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Edward Marston The Painted Lady Pbk published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0749080779

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Christopher Redmayne Mystery
This book talks about a beautiful woman, an unrequited love, and an excuse for murder. Araminta Jewell is one of the beauties of her day; a witty, resourceful, dazzling young lady who manages to resist all the blandishments that come her way. Even her marriage to the staid and ugly Sir Martin Culthorpe has not discouraged the rakes of London; for them she has assumed an almost iconic status. Before she wed, a special club had been set up - the Society for the Capture of Araminta's Maidenhood - with the first man to bed her standing to win a sizeable wager. Though she is now a wife, she is still pursued with unflagging zeal. It is during her first sitting for a portrait painted by the fashionable French artist Jean-Paul Villemot that the architect Christopher Redmayne meets the lovely Lady Culthorpe, although he has heard much about her through his dissipated brother Henry, one of her most ardent pursuers. Before the portrait can be finished and revealed, however, Sir Martin is murdered. Joining forces with Henry and his good friend the puritan Constable Jonathan Bale, Christopher embarks on a quest to discover the killer's identity. But with each new day bringing a fresh batch of suspects, and the matter of whether Sir Martin was killed because of his shady business dealings or for the exquisite prize of his wife still unclear, Christopher knows this will be far from an easy case to crack.
In his latest Restoration mystery, Edward Marston, the master of historical detail, scratches below the respectable facade of seventeenth century London to reveal the dark and often debauched depths beneath.

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Edward Marston Soldier Of Fortune (Captain Rawson 1) Published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080523

This is the first in a series of adventure novels featuring Captain Rawson - spy, linguist, sportsman, duellist, ladies' man and career soldier involved in the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough during the war of the Spanish Succession. In 1685, young Daniel witnesses the regiment of his fierce Protestant father being destroyed by the troops of the Royal Army's second-in-command, John Churchill, and his Dutch mother narrowly avoiding rape at the hands of a soldier from the same platoon.After his father has been executed, Rawson and his mother leave Devon and sail for the Netherlands. In 1688, Rawson returns to England as a soldier in the Dutch Army. Among those who flock to support William of Orange in his bid to replace James II on the throne is John Churchill. Rawson and the future Duke of Marlborough are now on the same side...Filled with political intrigue, suspense, romance, private feuds and public scandals, "Soldier of Fortune" traces the shifting geographical patterns of Europe at a key time in history.

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Ed McBain Lady Killer Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080183

"I will. kill the lady to night at 8. What can you do about it?"
That's what the letter read

Was she that new hooker in town, the one who let her clients rape her like a lady Or Lady Tay Aston the sensual, bawdy songstress, who belted out the porno in extremely good taste? Or Mrs Bannister. a socialite mother who kept the purse strings too tight?
Twelve hours to find a crank or stop a killer. And there would be no second chances for 'The Lack' if the boys of the 87th didn't guess right...

Praise for Ed McBain:
'Familiarity with the cops of 87"' Precinct breeds something like devotion: the more we know about them, the more we want to know. Their puzzles are our nightmares.' Newsweek
'Simply the best police procedurals being written in the United States.' Washington Post

Ed McBain's real name is Evan Hunter and lie has written best-selling books under this name. McBain has won numerous awards including the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger Award and the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

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Ed McBain Killer's Wedge Pbk published January 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 074908023X

Virginia Dodge is determined to put a bullet through Steve Carella's brain, and she doesn't care if she has to kill all the boys in the 87'h Precinct in the process ...
Armed with a gun and a bottle of nitro-glycerine she spends an afternoon terrorising Lieutenant Byrnes and his men with her clever little home-made bomb. Is there nothing the boys at the 87" can do to save Carella or will this crazy broad achieve her goal...?

'Familiarity with the cops of 87'th Precinct breeds something like devotion: the more we know about them, the more we want to know. Their puzzles are our nightmares.' Newsweek
'Ed McBain's 87'th Precinct series ... Simply the best police procedurals being written in the United States.' Washington Post
'The writing is, as always, utterly convincing ... McBain is sui generis, without fictional forebears.' Boston Globe

Ed McBain's real name is Even Hunter and he has written best-selling books under this name. McBain has won numerous awards including the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger Award and the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

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Ed O'Connor Primal Cut Pbk published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080248

Eight years ago, the national tabloids had a feeding frenzy over the `Primal Cut' killings. The Garrod brothers, East End butchers, had turned their expertise to rendering human flesh.
The case made DS Alison Dexter notorious. She identified the murderers and ended their orgy of killing, but in the process took what Bartholomew Garrod most valued: his brother's life. With her career in ruins and her personal safety in jeopardy, Dexter was transferred to Cambridgeshire.
Now Dexter finds herself drawn into an investigation probing the underbelly of the area's crime scene - bare-knuckle boxing, dog fights and murder. As she gets closer to the truth, it's clear Garrod hasn't forgotten the debt she owes him - he wants his pound of flesh and will do whatever it takes to get it.

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M.J. Trow Maxwell's Point Pbk published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0749080396

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M.J. Trow Maxwell's Chain Published March 2008 by Allison Busby at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0749080442

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